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Oxytocin Treatment in Twin Pregnancy Labour
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2014
Abstract
A continuous series of 483 twin deliveries was studied. In 30% of cases, intravenous oxytocic treatment was given for labour induction or to accelerate the first stage. In 13% of twin deliveries this treatment was applied only after the first twin's birth. In the group perfused during cervix dilatation, foetal mortality rate was significantly lower than in the nontreated group. In order to understand the reason(s) for this difference, the following factors were studied in relation to oxytocic treatment: parity, obstetrical complications, second stage duration, abnormal presentations, obstetrical maneuvers, and birth weight. Contrasting with mortality data, Apgar scores of first twins were significantly lower in the oxytocin-treated group. In summary, several variables indirectly linked to oxytocic treatment could have favoured or hampered foetal outcome in the treated group. Therefore, it is difficult to ascertain if the use of oxytocics is helpful in twin pregnancy management. In the majority of cases, however, it may at least be considered harmless.
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- Session III: Management of Twin Pregnancy
- Information
- Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , October 1979 , pp. 303 - 309
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- Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1979
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